2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
CBNo. 14
Record40–27 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .70052–19–0 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63343–23–0 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15–13–1 .53436–25–1 .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46736–23–0 .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43335–25–0 .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36725–32–0 .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7–21–0 .25027–25–0 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 21–9–0 .70052–20–0 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18–11–0 .62145–19–0 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56740–27–0 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53341–23–0 .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53337–26–0 .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46732–25–0 .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5–24–1 .18319–34–1 .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Personnel

Coaching staff

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff
  • Andy Cannizaro – Head Coach - 1st year
  • Gary Henderson – Pitching Coach, 1st year
  • Will Coggin – Assistant Coach - 2nd year
  • Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 2nd year
  • Mike Brown – Coordinator of Camps/Volunteer Assistant - 1st year

Schedule and results

2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (34–22)
Post-season (6–5)
NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (4–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 2vs. (3) #19 South Alabama(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSL 3–6Randy Bell (7–3)Cole Gordon (2–3)noneESPN34,24836–250–1
June 3vs (4) UIC(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSPostponed to 6/4, inclement weather
June 4vs (4) UIC(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 5–4Konnor Pilkington (8–5)Reid Birlingmair (7–5)Riley Self (7)ESPN34,14937–251–1
June 4vs (3) #19 South Alabama(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 7–3Denver McQuary (3–3)Andy Arguelles (3–3)Peyton Plumlee (1)ESPN34,18138–252–1
June 5at (1) #14 Southern Miss(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 8–1Jacob Billingsley (2–3)Colt Smith (6–2)noneESPN34,26139–253–1
June 5at (1) #14 Southern Miss(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 8–6Spencer Price (4–1)Nick Sandlin (10–2)Riley Self (8)ESPN34,23540–254–1
NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 10at (4) #2 LSU#11Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 3–4Zack Hess (7–1)Riley Self (5–2)noneESPN211,83640–264–2
June 11at (4) #2 LSU#11Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 4–14Caleb Gilbert (6–1)Denver McQuary (3–4)noneESPN211,70640–274–3

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2017 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2017 SEC baseball records

Source: 2017 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA5–241–23–00–3..0–30–30–30–31–2.0–30–2ALAW71–91–6
ARK18–112–11–2.3–0.1–23–02–11–2.1–12–12–1ARKW26–32–0
AUB16–140–32–13–02–1.0–32–1.2–12–12–11–2.AUBW57–31–2
FLA21–93–0.0–33–02–12–1.3–03–02–11–2.2–1FLAE18–24–1
UGA11–19.0–31–20–32–10–32–11–2.2–12–1.1–2UGAE64–60–3
KEN19–11...1–21–22–11–22–12–12–13–03–02–1KENE27–32–0
LSU21–93–02–13–01–23–01–23–0.2–12–1.1–2.LSUW17–34–0
MSU17–133–00–31–2.1–22–10–3.3–02–13–02–1.MSUW36–43–2
MIZZ14–163–01–2.0–32–11–2..1–22–13–00–31–2MIZZE44–62–2
MISS14–163–02–11–20–3.1–21–20–32–1..2–12–1MISSW65–51–2
SCAR13–172–1.1–21–21–21–21–21–21–2.3–0.1–2SCARE52–81–0
TENN7–21.1–11–22–11–20–3.0–30–3.0–31–21–1TENNE71–70–4
TAMU16–143–01–22–1..0–32–11–23–01–2.2–11–2TAMUW45–52–1
VAN15–132–01–2.1–22–11–2..2–11–22–11–12–1VANE35–40–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[1]——*—*———RV2521161313913191818*18*12
Baseball America[2]———————22131189611182020*20*14
Collegiate Baseball^[3]———————19151477692122111313
NCBWA†[4]322725RV———302116131391320201212*13

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

MLB Draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Brent Rooker† 1B/OF 1 35 Minnesota Twins
Ryan Gridley SS 11 321 Oakland Athletics
Jake Mangum‡ OF 30 902 New York Yankees

[5]

†Rooker had been drafted in the 38th round in 2016 but returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins.[6]
‡Mangum, a sophomore, will return to MSU for the next season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Baseball America Poll
  3. ↑ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. ↑ NCBWA Poll
  5. ↑ "MLB draft tracker". MLB Advanced Media. 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "MSU baseball update: Rooker returning, Kruger signs professionally". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jake Mangum to stay at MSU; A's draft Ryan Gridley". The Clarion-Ledger. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
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